Living to be nearly 100 in her native city of Toledo, Ohio, Anna Thorne, at age 89 in 1955 had little time to discuss the career of her past because she was organizing the second of two solo... Read full biography
Living to be nearly 100 in her native city of Toledo, Ohio, Anna Thorne, at age 89 in 1955 had little time to discuss the career of her past because she was organizing the second of two solo exhibitions of her work at the Toledo Museum of Art. She had also exhibited regularly at the Toledo Area... Read full biography
Living to be nearly 100 in her native city of Toledo, Ohio, Anna Thorne, at age 89 in 1955 had little time to discuss the career of her past because she was organizing the second of two solo exhibitions of her work at the Toledo Museum of Art. She had also exhibited regularly at the Toledo Area Artist annuals. Interviewed just before the exhibit opening by Sir Andre Valmont of the Toledo Blade newspaper, she said she had studied at the Art Students League in New York and the Chicago Art... Read full biography
Living to be nearly 100 in her native city of Toledo, Ohio, Anna Thorne, at age 89 in 1955 had little time to discuss the career of her past because she was organizing the second of two solo exhibitions of her work at the Toledo Museum of Art. She had also exhibited regularly at the Toledo Area Artist annuals. Interviewed just before the exhibit opening by Sir Andre Valmont of the Toledo Blade newspaper, she said she had studied at the Art Students League in New York and the Chicago Art Institute, and then went to Europe where she spent much time in Paris and Italy. In Paris, Impressionism was coming into fashion, and she had a chance to visit with one of its exponents, Mary Cassatt, whom Thorne described as wearing a "lovely lace cap" and... Read full biography
Living to be nearly 100 in her native city of Toledo, Ohio, Anna Thorne, at age 89 in 1955 had little time to discuss the career of her past because she was organizing the second of two solo exhibitions of her work at the Toledo Museum of Art. She had also exhibited regularly at the Toledo Area Artist annuals. Interviewed just before the exhibit opening by Sir Andre Valmont of the Toledo Blade newspaper, she said she had studied at the Art Students League in New York and the Chicago Art Institute, and then went to Europe where she spent much time in Paris and Italy. In Paris, Impressionism was coming into fashion, and she had a chance to visit with one of its exponents, Mary Cassatt, whom Thorne described as wearing a "lovely lace cap" and telling her to never "sell her soul" to dealers. Thorne remained active enough in Paris to have a painting exhibited at the 1916 P... Read full biography
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